The Moving Mandala
A Shamanic Training Program for Changing Times
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With Moving Mandala Teachers:
Sue-Claire "Prancing Horse"
"The Moving Mandala is an honouring of all that we are, empowering us to remember our unique selves, and to connect fully with the beauty of this Earth. It is a transformational process that enables healing to happen within the self which then ripples out, like a stone skimmed across water.
The creative arts, the natural world and spirituality weave together to create a powerful container where Alchemy can happen." ~ Sue-Claire "Prancing Horse" |
Lorriiii Dragon Dream
"Among other things the Moving Mandala is about being in our power. It's about reclaiming our own authenticity, embracing our gifts and fully expressing who we are. It is about acknowledging our own aliveness and the aliveness of everything that we encounter. And it's about remembering that we are nature, we are the oceans and the rivers, we are the stars and the stones. We are the wild landscapes of Mother Earth and we are the power and possibility that lives within all creation." ~ Lorriiii Dragon Dream
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Breny Mason
"The Moving Mandala is a unique and different experience every time. I Love the structure, the strong container of the Moving Mandala. Within this structure, this container, one never knows quite how the energy will unfold. It is informed by the people present and what is needed in the moment. The Moving Mandala allows for creativity in the moment, and for the potential and possibility of each person present to arise and allows one to move more fully into who they are, into their wholeness of being!" ~ Breny Mason
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Quote from Nancy Dancing Light Founder/Creator of The Moving Mandala
Click Nancy's Photo to see a video of Nancy Dancing Light
"The energy of the Mandala comes from the potential of space into being through practice and relationship, and encircles us with the protection that which we need while going into such vulnerable, deep places within ourselves. It’s not a socialized-polite practice; it’s married to the wild and free, within the sacred geometry that augments intention." ~ Nancy Dancing Light
"Among other things the Moving Mandala is about being in our power. It's about reclaiming our own authenticity, embracing our gifts and fully expressing who we are. It is about acknowledging our own aliveness and the aliveness of everything that we encounter. And it's about remembering that we are nature, we are the oceans and the rivers, we are the stars and the stones. We are the wild landscapes of Mother Earth and we are the power and possibility that lives within all creation." ~ Lorriiii Dragon Dream
ABOUT THE MOVING MANDALA
For thousands of years the Mandala (Sanskrit for Circle) has been used to establish Sacred Space. A powerful source of creative inspiration and a symbol for wholeness, the Mandala, has been called “the Basic Structure of Creation” and is a reminder of our infinite connection to Divine Source.
Held safely in community support and within the sacred & creative container of the 12 Pointed Star Mandala, Moving Mandala Shamanic Training participants receive 7 shamanic initiations corresponding to the 7 Chakras and related Elements. Through Shamanic Journeywork, Creative Expression, Song, Story Telling, Drumming, Colour Work, Dance, Sacred Ceremony and much more, participants journey into the mystery of Being, into the rainbow, into that magical space between the physical and mythical realms, where the skies touch the misty waters and we are home.
Whether you practice Yoga, Shamanism, Meditation, Energy Medicine, Intuitive Movement or any Earth-Based Spiritual Practice, you may be a candidate for this powerful Shamanic Training.
Held safely in community support and within the sacred & creative container of the 12 Pointed Star Mandala, Moving Mandala Shamanic Training participants receive 7 shamanic initiations corresponding to the 7 Chakras and related Elements. Through Shamanic Journeywork, Creative Expression, Song, Story Telling, Drumming, Colour Work, Dance, Sacred Ceremony and much more, participants journey into the mystery of Being, into the rainbow, into that magical space between the physical and mythical realms, where the skies touch the misty waters and we are home.
Whether you practice Yoga, Shamanism, Meditation, Energy Medicine, Intuitive Movement or any Earth-Based Spiritual Practice, you may be a candidate for this powerful Shamanic Training.
- The Moving Mandala training reinforces personal and spiritual practice through raising your vibration and accompanying you to a new level of awareness. Among many other things, The Moving Mandala as a shamanic path is about being in our power. It's about reclaiming our own authenticity, embracing our gifts and fully expressing who we are. It is about acknowledging our own aliveness and the aliveness of everything that we encounter. And it's about remembering that we are nature, we are the oceans and the rivers, we are the stars and the stones. We are the wild landscapes of Mother Earth and we are the power and possibility that lives within all creation.
The Moving Mandala Shamanic programs are experiential with focus on opening to Spirit through the expression of shamanic journeying, sound, colour, movement and the arts.
The roots of this practice are ancient and universal and can be applied in a contemporary setting.
The Moving Mandala is typically taught as an 8-session course over various time periods, ranging from from 4 days to 4 months, funnelling participants through a rainbow of colour within a 12 point mandala:
- Root/Earth = red
- Sacral/Water = orange
- Solar Plexus/Fire = yellow
- Heart/Air = green
- Throat/Sound/Space = turquoise blue
- Third Eye/Light = indigo
- Crown/Divine Mind = purple
- Archetypal Realm = Gold
On the final day of dance, drum and sounding, we celebrate from the archetypal realm, in the energetic, releasing with gratitude all that was experienced and learned, with gratitude, into the ethers.
These gifts of dance, drum and sounding are personal tools that may be called upon to amplify all transmissions you receive during training. And will accompany you to any time and/or place where individual or group healing is desired and to re-establish wholeness within your community.
We also offer Moving Mandala Teacher Training by invitation. Details to follow soon.
A year long Moving Mandala Master Shamanic Practitioner Training Program is also available by invitation and with the prerequisite of attending at least 3 Moving Mandala Training retreats.
We hope you will join us in discovering oneness and maintaining connection with the sacred in all things.
These gifts of dance, drum and sounding are personal tools that may be called upon to amplify all transmissions you receive during training. And will accompany you to any time and/or place where individual or group healing is desired and to re-establish wholeness within your community.
We also offer Moving Mandala Teacher Training by invitation. Details to follow soon.
A year long Moving Mandala Master Shamanic Practitioner Training Program is also available by invitation and with the prerequisite of attending at least 3 Moving Mandala Training retreats.
We hope you will join us in discovering oneness and maintaining connection with the sacred in all things.
click image for Video of Nancy Dancing Light
About the Creator and Founder of The Moving Mandala
Nancy "Dancing Light" Sherwood
http://www.travellersjoy.ca/nancy-sherwood.html
Contemporary Grandmother Shaman, Intuitive Dancer and Healer.
Nancy's shamanic practice began with an initiation in 1987, when she simultaneously received the name "Dancing Light," and the gift of intuitive dance and healing. Nancy's intuitive movement embodies messages from the spirit world to show people their essence, strengths, illnesses. This awakens them to their own wisdom. Nancy also works with other dancers to help them open up to their native creativity and fine tune their expression.
Nancy's training has included traditional teachings and contemporary expression from both living and Spirit teachers. While her genetic inheritance is mostly Celtic, she has learned from shamanic traditions as diverse as the Bon, Miq'maq, ancient Celtic and North American Blackfoot. Other teachings have come from meditation practice, and teachings and transmissions from ancient and living mystics. As a result, her shamanic work translates across cultures and she is comfortable working with a number of healing systems and modalities. For her, spirit is creative fire.
Nancy's training has included traditional teachings and contemporary expression from both living and Spirit teachers. While her genetic inheritance is mostly Celtic, she has learned from shamanic traditions as diverse as the Bon, Miq'maq, ancient Celtic and North American Blackfoot. Other teachings have come from meditation practice, and teachings and transmissions from ancient and living mystics. As a result, her shamanic work translates across cultures and she is comfortable working with a number of healing systems and modalities. For her, spirit is creative fire.
HOW DOES THE SHAMANIC MANDALA JOURNEY WORK
BY NANCY DANCING LIGHT
My own contribution in bringing East and West together, came through direct guidance and nearly thirty years of practice seeking different energetic landscapes and experiencing the energy of various cultures within those landscapes, so that I could bring some structure as well, to the energy being directed through movement, sound, colour and consciousness, all of which are aspects of light. Since we are energy beings, this sense of how it works can be useful not only responding to change, but in bringing it about.
When I go into a situation to seek, I need to empty my mind in order to let the answers come; the form in which they come may look like dancing, singing, chanting, mudras, felt shifts, and I receive sense impressions, words, and images as well. Often after the journey may write or draw, but the time spent in the timeless realm is where the energy is shifted from whatever I brought in with me, and was attached to, to releasing it and allowing something fresh to enter the space. I have had to learn to trust that it is whatever is needed at the time. This affects not only myself but my client and/or large gatherings of people who come together to re-balance and heal. I am using healing and re-balancing interchangeably.
Actually I think that we carry a template of wellness and wholeness and that time in the timeless, where we “forget” our conditioned selves, allows us to get out of our own way and let the soul recall what wholeness is; if the soul is experiencing this, it affects the body, which is being aligned with the soul. Because we are energy beings, we get primed to very high vibrations of light again when we enter a circle where intention to heal is being held. That is why the mandala form is useful for letting the interconnectedness and wholeness of our being come into consciousness. We journey into an eternal held space.
The Moving Mandala Dance by Nancy Dancing Light Sherwood
The mandala has inherent wholeness in its design. In Sanskrit it means circle. It is a sacred cosmic architecture which when entered, allows us to bring that sense of Oneness and wholeness to earth. The Moving Mandala uses the sacred geometry of a 12 point mandala for an energetic container, having 4 cardinal directions within the 12, and thirteenth point in the centre. The body’s chakras, right up to the archetypal level, hold the potential for us to shift energy as light beings. Those familiar with 3-d mandalas will recall how they can look, instead of the usual 2-d ones we see for contemplation. You can imagine yourself as part of a 3-d mandala with your energy centres radiating out to the 12 directions and yourself, in the centre.
The courses I have been teaching in the last decade or so have made the mandala principles accessible to people who might not be familiar with it and who are on the shamanic path. There are other ways to access the mandala practices, Vajrayana Buddhism being one of them, and I appreciate that those traditional lineages that are available through great teachers have come to the West. I do not need to borrow from them as if I were shopping, because we access the same source of wisdom, although we each have our own filters and training. It is not a competition, but a great design of co-operation and generosity that the universe is providing, giving us many ways to recall our true nature.
My sitting practice, which began before the shamanic path, has been invaluable as a way to stabilize i my mind, and I give thanks to those that have gone before me. After several years of doing my own mandala practice I also went to India to receive the Kalachakra, another mandala, in a location where the teachings originated through Shakyamuni Buddha; I tend to see the energetics of place that speak to me as well as the current offering that is being made.
During my years of seeking to understand, I have been deeply committed to Native American practices as well. One of the teachers spoke in the lodge one day, reflecting that he didn’t see a spiritual materialist and wannabe, he saw a person who had to go around the whole wheel in this lifetime and take the essence of that journey for the benefit of myself and all our relations. And we are all wannabes on another level, as the generosity of the indigenous people in sharing the medicine, has been remarkable, considering the chequered history of imperialist cultures interacting with various native cultures, going back to ancient times.
The Moving Mandala is only one way to train but it is a good way, with many, many shamanic journeys in it and thousands of air miles now. That is, when we co-ordinate our intention to join that cosmic template with the earth’s seasons, place of power and human energy centres, beneficial results have come about for many, many people, in different settings and continents. It is a young program compared to the mandala itself, which is older than time, but that means its roots go deep and that it is a contemporary expression of healing pouring into our time.
During my years of seeking to understand, I have been deeply committed to Native American practices as well. One of the teachers spoke in the lodge one day, reflecting that he didn’t see a spiritual materialist and wannabe, he saw a person who had to go around the whole wheel in this lifetime and take the essence of that journey for the benefit of myself and all our relations. And we are all wannabes on another level, as the generosity of the indigenous people in sharing the medicine, has been remarkable, considering the chequered history of imperialist cultures interacting with various native cultures, going back to ancient times.
The Moving Mandala is only one way to train but it is a good way, with many, many shamanic journeys in it and thousands of air miles now. That is, when we co-ordinate our intention to join that cosmic template with the earth’s seasons, place of power and human energy centres, beneficial results have come about for many, many people, in different settings and continents. It is a young program compared to the mandala itself, which is older than time, but that means its roots go deep and that it is a contemporary expression of healing pouring into our time.
"The Mandala Dance itself is where time and the timeless meet, where when we forget to be self-conscious and join the collective energy of the moment. With trained people, the Mandala Dance, which is a form of journeying, can bring a whole community to another level of awareness together.
Focused community experiences are necessary to build the kind of strength and courage that we need in this century. When we leave the Mandala Dance, we are more aligned within light, in soul and body, and with all those in the energy field within which we participate. An extension of the actual mandala journey is the mandala of our individual lives, the mandala of shamanic community and/or the mandala of the earth and heaven that resonates with different energies and awareness of the beings with which that we are dancing life.
The dance of life is not a metaphor, it is a reality, the dance of the atoms, of the particles smaller than the human eye, our emotions, our thoughts, our stories, our chemistry and biology, are all expressions of dancing light. This is my medicine." Nancy Sherwood
Photos from Previous Moving Mandala Retreats
The Moving Mandala
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An 8 Session On-Line Package
With Flexible Times and Dates
What People are Saying
"I have gotten to experience the workings of Loriii! I have attended a Celtic retreat and my first Moving Mandala just this fall in New Brunswick. May I stress the word first as in my heart I believe there will be more I attend. On that note Lori has a soft and gentle nature while teaching. She also carries the structure and discipline to keep on course. The gifts with in Myself that I came home with after attending both events I personally can not find the words to quite explain. The changes are subtle but far reaching. Every time I release a piece of baggage it makes me very proud to know I release it for my ancestors also. I came home and looked into my sons eyes and thought and felt how I am releasing these things so my son doesn’t have to play this part out. The work done at these shops will last longer than your physical body. I highly recommend attending any workshop being facilitated by Lori or her brothers and sisters. They are well trained in what they are doing on their paths." ~ Blessings Brittany Frost, Westport, NS
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"I have participated in Moving Mandalas as well as attending a pilgrimage (to Ireland) with Lori. I found I was provided a space where I was able to dive deep and see myself in new ways. Both experiences allowed me to explore my truth and step into a new part of who I am. They were a very important part of my Journey." K B
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"yes indeed!! words do not give justice to all that we have experienced together this weekend!! BIG thank you all for being you.. yeay to mandala sisterhood!!! and yes are you ready??! hey yayayayayaya wowowowowo..." ~ Mirain A
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"Every time I can drum, participated in a Moving Mandala and/or fire walk, I do. I become a stronger, more spiritual and positive person. At peace with the world and more importantly at peace with myself.
Thank you Lori for showing me the way.
Love Forever,"
Marcy Shining Light, Dragon Woman
Thank you Lori for showing me the way.
Love Forever,"
Marcy Shining Light, Dragon Woman
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Sacred Offerings
with Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason "Spirit Whispers"
Body Centred Coaching, Shamanic Coaching, Moving Mandala Sessions/Healings/Dances/Retreats, Intuitive Readings, Energy/Sound Healing, Shamanic Journey work, Shield Work, Personal/Group Yoga/Meditation sessions, Planning your Sacred Travel, Soul Retrieval, Extraction, Power Animal Retrieval, Naming Ceremony, Blessing Ceremony, Energy Clearing, Ancestral Clearing, Land Blessing/Clearing, Dismemberment, Fire Ceremony, Firewalk Ceremony, Seasonal Celebrations, Celtic Shamanism Training/Initiation, Meditation Circles, Women's Wisdom Circles, Moving Mandala Shamanic Program, Moving Mandala Healing Sessions, Moving Mandala Teacher Training, Journey Around the Celtic Wheel Program, Journey Around the Celtic Wheel Healing Sessions, Reiki, Access Bars and more.
Body Centred Coaching, Shamanic Coaching, Moving Mandala Sessions/Healings/Dances/Retreats, Intuitive Readings, Energy/Sound Healing, Shamanic Journey work, Shield Work, Personal/Group Yoga/Meditation sessions, Planning your Sacred Travel, Soul Retrieval, Extraction, Power Animal Retrieval, Naming Ceremony, Blessing Ceremony, Energy Clearing, Ancestral Clearing, Land Blessing/Clearing, Dismemberment, Fire Ceremony, Firewalk Ceremony, Seasonal Celebrations, Celtic Shamanism Training/Initiation, Meditation Circles, Women's Wisdom Circles, Moving Mandala Shamanic Program, Moving Mandala Healing Sessions, Moving Mandala Teacher Training, Journey Around the Celtic Wheel Program, Journey Around the Celtic Wheel Healing Sessions, Reiki, Access Bars and more.
Online Healing/Divination/Coaching/Shamanic Sessions
With Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason
1 hour Session via the phone, Via Zoom/Skype/FaceTime - $150 CAD
1.5 hour Session via the phone, Via Zoom/Skype/FaceTime - $200 CAD
Package Discounts Available
1 hour Session via the phone, Via Zoom/Skype/FaceTime - $150 CAD
1.5 hour Session via the phone, Via Zoom/Skype/FaceTime - $200 CAD
Package Discounts Available
4 x 1.5 hr Zoom Session Packages - Special Rate $444.44 CAD
Group Virtual Sessions
With Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason
2 hour Group Zoom Sessions/Circles (10 people or less) - $555 CAD
2 hour Group Zoom Sessions/Circles (more than 10 people) - $555 CAD plus $50 per person above 10 people
2 hour Group Zoom Sessions/Circles (10 people or less) - $555 CAD
2 hour Group Zoom Sessions/Circles (more than 10 people) - $555 CAD plus $50 per person above 10 people
Private In Person Sessions
With Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason
All prices are plus travel expenses
1 hour in person session - $150 CAD
1.5 hour in person session - $200 CAD
2 hour in person sessions - $350 CAD
Package Discounts Available
All prices are plus travel expenses
1 hour in person session - $150 CAD
1.5 hour in person session - $200 CAD
2 hour in person sessions - $350 CAD
Package Discounts Available
In Person Group Sessions/Circles
With Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason
All prices are plus travel expenses
2 hour in person Group Sessions/Circle (10 or less people) - $777 CAD
2 hour in person Group Sessions/Circle (more than 10 people) - $777 CAD plus $66 per person above 10 people
3 hour in person Sessions/Circles (10 or less people) - $888 CAD
3 hour in person Sessions/Circles (10 or more people) - $888 CAD plus $66 per person above 10 people
All prices are plus travel expenses
2 hour in person Group Sessions/Circle (10 or less people) - $777 CAD
2 hour in person Group Sessions/Circle (more than 10 people) - $777 CAD plus $66 per person above 10 people
3 hour in person Sessions/Circles (10 or less people) - $888 CAD
3 hour in person Sessions/Circles (10 or more people) - $888 CAD plus $66 per person above 10 people
Shamanic Teachings/Training Sessions
Virtual/Zoom Training Sessions
with Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason "Spirit Whispers"
2 hour - one on one Zoom Shamanic Training Sessions - $333 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (10 people or less) - $999 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (More than 10 people) - $999 CAD plus $99 per person above 10 people
2 hour - one on one Zoom Shamanic Training Sessions - $333 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (10 people or less) - $999 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (More than 10 people) - $999 CAD plus $99 per person above 10 people
In Person One on One & Group Shamanic Training Sessions/Circles
with Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason "Spirit Whispers"
All prices are plus expenses
2 hour - one on one Shamanic Apprentice Training Sessions - $444 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (10 people or less) - $999 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (More than 10 people) - $999 CAD plus $99 per person above 10 people
All prices are plus expenses
2 hour - one on one Shamanic Apprentice Training Sessions - $444 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (10 people or less) - $999 CAD
3 hour Group Training Session (More than 10 people) - $999 CAD plus $99 per person above 10 people
Moving Mandala ~ Sacred Thresholds
8 On-line Sessions (1.5 hour Recorded Sessions) - $555.55 CAD
Group Offerings
with Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason
Body Centred Coaching Retreats, Drum Circles, Yoga/Meditation Sessions/Retreats, Healing Circles, Drumming Circles, New Moon Ceremony, Full Moon Ceremony, Sacred Song Circles, Chanting Circles, Moving Mandala Dance, Land Blessing, Soul Retrieval Land Ceremony, Seasonal Ceremony, Change of life Ceremony, Land Clearing, Moving Mandala Dance, Moving Mandala Teacher Training, Moving Mandala custom program, Moving Mandala Healing Sessions, Celtic and Contemporary Shamanic Practitioner Training, Firewalk Ceremony, Sundoor Firewalk Teacher Certification, Team Building, Sacred Travel/Pilgrimages, Celtic Shamanism Trainings, Contemporary Shamanic Trainings, and More
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Body Centred Coaching Retreats, Drum Circles, Yoga/Meditation Sessions/Retreats, Healing Circles, Drumming Circles, New Moon Ceremony, Full Moon Ceremony, Sacred Song Circles, Chanting Circles, Moving Mandala Dance, Land Blessing, Soul Retrieval Land Ceremony, Seasonal Ceremony, Change of life Ceremony, Land Clearing, Moving Mandala Dance, Moving Mandala Teacher Training, Moving Mandala custom program, Moving Mandala Healing Sessions, Celtic and Contemporary Shamanic Practitioner Training, Firewalk Ceremony, Sundoor Firewalk Teacher Certification, Team Building, Sacred Travel/Pilgrimages, Celtic Shamanism Trainings, Contemporary Shamanic Trainings, and More
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One on One - Online and In Person Shamanic Practitioner Training/Mentoring
with Lorriiii Dragon Dream and/or Breny Mason
Moving Mandala Program, Journey Around the Celtic Wheel Programs, Introduction to Shamanism, Sacred Shield Work, Celtic and Contemporary Shamanic Trainings, Celtic & Contemporary Shamanic Practitioner Training
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Moving Mandala Program, Journey Around the Celtic Wheel Programs, Introduction to Shamanism, Sacred Shield Work, Celtic and Contemporary Shamanic Trainings, Celtic & Contemporary Shamanic Practitioner Training
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